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Wild Oats Markets, Inc.
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Wild Oats Markets, Inc.
3375 Mitchell Lane
Boulder, CO 80301
AMENDED NOTICE
OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
TO BE HELD ON MAY 5, 2000
TO THE STOCKHOLDERS OF WILD OATS MARKETS, INC.:
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the location of the Annual Meeting of Stockholders
of WILD OATS MARKETS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), has been
changed to the Hotel Boulderado, 2115 13th Street, Boulder, Colorado, in the
Alpine-Balsam Room. The meeting date and time have not been changed. Please make
note of the location change.
Mary Beth Lewis
Secretary
Boulder, Colorado
March 28, 2000
ALL STOCKHOLDERS ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND THE MEETING IN PERSON. WHETHER
OR NOT YOU EXPECT TO ATTEND THE MEETING, PLEASE COMPLETE, DATE, SIGN AND RETURN
THE ENCLOSED PROXY AS PROMPTLY AS POSSIBLE IN ORDER TO ENSURE YOUR
REPRESENTATION AT THE MEETING. A RETURN ENVELOPE (WHICH IS POSTAGE PREPAID IF
MAILED IN THE UNITED STATES) IS ENCLOSED FOR THAT PURPOSE. EVEN IF YOU HAVE
GIVEN YOUR PROXY, YOU MAY STILL VOTE IN PERSON IF YOU ATTEND THE MEETING. PLEASE
NOTE, HOWEVER, THAT IF YOUR SHARES ARE HELD OF RECORD BY A BROKER, BANK OR OTHER
NOMINEE AND YOU WISH TO VOTE AT THE MEETING, YOU MUST OBTAIN FROM THE RECORD
HOLDER A PROXY ISSUED IN YOUR NAME.
INVESTORS MAY REQUEST ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING WILD OATS MARKETS, INC.,
INCLUDING A COPY OF THE FORM 10-K FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION, FREE OF CHARGE. PLEASE ADDRESS YOUR REQUEST TO: INVESTOR RELATIONS,
WILD OATS MARKETS, INC., 3375 MITCHELL LANE, BOULDER, COLORADO 80301
